泰国《外商经营企业法》与工业园区投资优惠分析

本文主要对泰国《外商经营企业法》与工业园区投资优惠进行分析,重点分析《外商经营企业法》对外资企业的界定、对外商开放和限制的投资领域、最低资本、税收与非税收鼓励政策等内容,以期对外商在泰国投资有所帮助。     

Civilian uses of unmanned aerial vehicles and the threat to the right to privacy – An Israeli case study

In recent years we have witnessed a growing demand for the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (“UAVs”) in civilian contexts. Government authorities (such as law enforcement agencies), corporations and private individuals have identified the advantages inherent in the use of UAVs. At the same time, corporations marketing and manufacturing UAVs for civilian purposes, and the industries that support these manufacturers, have identified the enormous economic potential which may be derived from the sale and maintenance of UAVs (and the cameras and other equipment assembled into them). Hence, in the coming years, we will undoubtedly witness a rapid expansion of the civilian use of UAVs.     

South Korea's innovations in data privacy principles: Asian comparisons

Over the last two decades, at least a dozen Asian jurisdictions have adopted significant data privacy (or ‘data protection’) laws. South Korea started to implement such laws in relation to its public sector in the 1990s, then its private sector from 2001, culminating in the comprehensive Personal Information Privacy Act of 2011. Internationally, there have been two stages in the development of data privacy principles (the common core of such laws), the first typified by the OECD's data protection Guidelines of 1981, and the second typified by the European Union data protection Directive of 1995, with a third stage currently under development.     

Animal Defenders International v United Kingdom: Sensible Dialogue or a Bad Case of Strasbourg Jitters?

In Animal Defenders International v United Kingdom a majority of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights held that the UK's statutory broadcasting ban on political advertisements under the Communications Act 2003 did not breach the right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The judgment departs from the Court's established case law and, it is argued, raises several issues of concern both with regard to freedom of expression, and for human rights adjudication more generally. In particular, the Court's use of a doctrine of ‘general measures’ led it to place a great deal of reliance on the quality and quantity of legislative debate that preceded the UK ban, rather than its actual impact upon the applicant.     

The Quest for a Satisfactory Definition of Terrorism: R v Gul

The UK Supreme Court judgment in R v Gul presented a unique opportunity for a judicial appraisal of the definition of terrorism contained in section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000. While the applicant was ultimately unsuccessful in his challenge, the Supreme Court's rejection of the state's argument that reliance on prosecutorial discretion could mitigate certain absurd applications of the section 1 definition of terrorism, eg the labelling of acts of UK or other military forces as terrorist, has potentially wide‐raging implications for the UK's counter‐terrorism measures. In addition, the powerful obiter dictum arguing in favour of a reform of this definition and a ‘root‐and‐branch’ review of counter‐terrorism legislation is a strong rebuke of recent high profile misapplications of such powers.     

我国行政程序法治化之反思

我国行政程序法治化虽然取得了显著进步,但从比较行政程序法视角和行政程序法在我国行政法治建设中发挥的实际功能与其应有的功能关系之视角这两方面来看,仍然需要对其进行反思。借助马克思·韦伯所倡导的类型分析法为工具,以行政程序法所调整的行政活动类型以及行政主体在该活动中的程序角色为基点,选择行政决定、行政法规、行政规定为变项,可以将我国行政程序法建构成司法模式、立法模式和行政模式的行政程序法。而对我国行政程序法反思之重点就可以借助于司法模式的行政程序法、立法模式的行政程序法和行政模式的行政程序法的分析框架来进行。     

论中小微企业科技创新人才法律保障机制的完善

中小微企业科技创新人才法律保障机制是指从法律上为生产规模较小、从业人员和营业收入较少的企业进行科技创新活动的人才提供保障的机制。我国虽然在《中华人民共和国中小企业促进法》、《中华人民共和国科学技术进步法》等法律法规和政策中对中小微企业科技创新人才法律保障机制进行了初步规定,但还是面临着缺乏专门立法、立法位阶不高、操作性不强、激励机制不完善等困境。美国完善的法律体系、英国的激励机制等值得我国借鉴。我们应该从清理和整合现有法律、法规政策、制定中小微企业科技创新人才保障法、完善人才激励机制和科技服务体系等方面完善中小微企业科技人才法律保障机制。     

分裂国家罪的罪状、行为类型与罪数形态

分裂国家罪案件的司法审判围绕着对该罪罪状的解释、个案中的行为定性、数个行为间的罪数形态认定展开。鉴于司法实践中分裂国家的行为表现极为复杂,组织、策划与实施行为之间的罪数形态认定陷于困境,在对个案行为表现进行充分评价且避免重复评价的前提下,可选择的制度性解决途径有两种:其一,主依手段,慎依目的定罪;其二,将组织行为单独定罪。     

法律之则·道德之罪·行为之轨——三位一体话“犯罪”

犯罪是人类社会自古以来和一个永恒的争论不休的话题,应该从"法律之则、道德之罪和行为之轨"之"三位一体"来话说"犯罪",在法律学的范畴之下,"违反规则即为罪";在犯罪学的范畴之下,"悖德行为即为罪";在社会学的范畴之下,"越轨行为即为罪"。因此,违反规则是犯罪之骨,背离道德是犯罪之血,越轨行为是犯罪之肉,正是有骨有血有肉,才构成了人类社会之完整意义上的犯罪概念。     

澳大利亚外警培训的模式及启示

澳大利亚是较早开展国际间警察培训的国家之一。澳大利亚外警培训的战略规划由澳大利亚联邦警察局国际合作部制定,是澳大利亚联邦警察局执法合作计划的组成部分,在帮助国外执法机构打击跨国犯罪工作中发挥了重要作用。通过外警培训,加强了澳大利亚联邦警察与国际执法合作伙伴的关系,提高了警察的执法能力。